Evaluation of the Defendant Centred Courtroom pilot Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 The Defendant Centred Courtroom (DCC) pilot trialed a reconfigured District Court courtroom where defendants who are not in custody sit or stand beside their counsel at…
Flexibility and security in employment: Findings from the 2012 Survey of Working Life Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 This report presents findings, mainly from the 2012 Survey of Working Life, on non-standard employment, job security, and job flexibility in New Zealand’s labour market. The survey…
Addressing unwarranted variation: literature review on methods for influencing practice Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 Variation in medical practice has become a major topic of inquiry for health services researchers. Investigators have frequently documented variation in the way in which health…
The prices of goods and services in New Zealand: An international comparison Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 This paper analyses the latest (2005) data available from the World Bank’s International Comparison Program (ICP). It assesses the extent to which the prices of goods…
Meeting longitudinal information needs Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 The aim of the paper Options for meeting longitudinal information needs: A preliminary investigation is to identify the main future requirements for longitudinal data for research and…
Race Relations in 2013 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 Race Relations in 2013 is the tenth annual review of race relations published by the Human Rights Commission. Documenting the main developments in race relations and…
Young People’s Survey (YPS) Methodology Report (post 2012 Christchurch fieldwork) Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 Sport New Zealand’s Young People’s Survey was undertaken in Term 3 2011. While the majority of schools (and therefore students) took part at this time, some…
Temporary Migrants as Vulnerable Workers: A Literature Review Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 Although New Zealand has long depended on immigrant settlers to supplement the national supply of labour, there has been a substantial increase recently in the number…
Snapshot Study: WiFi in Schools Last Publication Date: 24 Feb 2014 This report, commissioned by the Ministry of Health, presents the results of measurements of exposures to radiofrequency (RF) fields from WiFi in two New Zealand schools,…
People’s estimates of how many New Zealand adults smoke: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2014 In HPA's Health and Lifestyles Survey all respondents (aged 15+ years) were asked to estimate the number of New Zealand adults who smoked daily (as perceived…
